sanctuary

Example Sentences

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Nearly a year after the Los Angeles Zoo shipped off Billy and Tina to Oklahoma, animal rights activists have kept up the call to move the elephants to a sanctuary.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Not even gold has provided sanctuary, with bullion on Thursday dropping to its cheapest since the early-February precious metal implosion.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

She said these included people "coming to our shores" to seek sanctuary and opportunities that will have been reduced in their own countries.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Amid the white-out winters of New York, a man whose bones had never known the bite of cold found not a sanctuary but demise.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

I can hardly feel my feet as we walk to the front of the sanctuary.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson